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Top Mobile AppsFor Clinical CasesCourtney MlinarHSLANJ 2014
How I got started: Medicine is Mobile Initiative Fall 2009 Morphed into iPad Initiative Fall 2010 LibGuides created Summer 2010 Faculty Development Spring 2011 New leadership OIIT Spring 2011=more
support! HPD Library purchased iPad2s Summer 2011 Macs in Library Information Commons Fall
2011 HPD Library purchased iPad3s Winter 2011
iPads in Programs:Fall 2013: New Students in the Programs College of Osteopathic Medicine College of Dental Medicine College of Pharmacy College of Optometry
Residents:Training for Apps Summer 2013
Medical Missions Winter 2012, Summer 2013
All Apps are not equal… Abridged versions of databases Native apps: use device features such as
camera, GPS Hybrid apps: combo native app and
mobile-optimized web site Pure mobile-optimized web site with app
portal
Mobile-optimized Apps: Hybrid apps- native app platform plus
mobileoptimized database Pure mobile-optimized apps Require wi-fi or internet access
Mobile Apps at HPD:http://nova.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=104950&sid=835769
App Gaps: Unreliable reviews Cross-platform operability Usefulness
How do you Evaluate an App?
Evaluating InformationCRAAP (Chico State) Test: Currency Relevancy Authority Accuracy Purpose
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Evaluating Apps:CRAPPIES Currency Relevance Authority Purpose Proven (Accurate, Useful) Intuitive * Easy Stable Interface *Spool, J. M. (2005). What makes a Design seem ‘Intuitive’? Retrieved Jan. 20, 2012, from http://www.uie.com/articles/design_intuitive/
Library site and subscriptions: Access Medicine EBSCO GALE StatRef Science Direct Clinical Key OvidMD Psych Online
Access Pharmacy Red Book Online Web of Knowledge UptoDate First Consult Visual Dx
Skyscape Apps: Look for free ones, plus- DynaMed Natural Standard Outlines in Clinical Medicine Rx Drugs
More Drug Apps: Clinical
Pharmacology Mobile
Medical Letter Sanford
Antimicrobial PEPID (free
version) Pharmacy Pro
Epocrates Pill Finder LactMed Micromedex Drug
Info Micromedex Drug
Interaction Lexicomp
Top Productivity Apps: Dropbox Evernote SlideShark Mighty Meeting Adobe Connect
Top Virtual Meeting: Facetime Skype Google Hangout
Reading Apps: iBook Kindle Stanza Inkling Kno Textbooks Vital Source Bluefire Reader Nook
Audiobooks OverDrive CourseSmart Pearson eText Merck Manual eBrary Taber’s Medical
Dictionary Kobo
Browser Apps: Puffin Dolphin
PDF Apps: iAnnotate Noteability PDF Expert
NEW: Microsoft Office Nearly a GB in size Requires a one year subscription to Office 365
($100) to edit and create- do you have Outlook.com, Xbox accounts?- can install on 5 desktops, 5 tablets
Free version is Read only Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note Backs up your work on Microsoft One Drive (7GB
free storage) How to Print documents not intuitive, does not “open
with…”such as Printer Pro Some gaps such as Charts in Word
Plans for Businesses:Start at $5 per month, $60 per year for up to 25 users Business-class email, online conferencing, public website, file storage and sharing and office online. The step-up program is $12.50 per month or $150 per year and adds access to the desktop versions of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, OneNote and several other titles requires a one-year contract and costs $15 per month,
but can be used by up to 300 people and it adds Active Directory integration self-service business intelligence.
2 ways to get Office 365: Inside MS Office app – use iTunes Go to office.microsoft.com = pay $99 or
$9.99 monthly (Skip downloading iTunes apps step if you already downloaded the apps- can be confusing)
Login with Microsoft account to have app activate paid features
Alternatives: iWorks Pages Numbers Keynote(some quirky formatting when switching back and forth from MS Office to iWorks)
What are using?